Challenger Crossword

Crossword

Complete the crossword, then click on "Check" to check your answer. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number.
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Across:

1. a symbol that united you as a team
4. the part of the comet we targeted for dust collection; surrounds the center of the comet
5. how round or narrow an ellipse is
6. a famous comet that orbits the sun every 76 years
7. help the astronauts succeed in their tasks
8. the orbital shape that objects in the solar system take
9. our mission was dedicated to this crew
10. what we launched to capture cometary dust
12. comets that orbit the sun in over 200 years
13. a decision reached without voting where everyone feels heard
14. closer to this means long and narrow
16. the center part of a comet; made of rock and ice
17. the normal job of the "regular person" who died on the Challenger
18. closer to this means more circular

Down:

2. orbiting place where experiments occured
3. 2 of them form as a comet gets closer to the sun
6. the name of a comet that orbits the sun in over 200 years
11. our mission was to capture this
15. the name of the comet we were going after